Doctoral thesis reference document
DOCTORAL THESIS
From topic definition to defense
The subject
The subject is proposed by a permanent teacher-researcher or researcher of magisterial rank.
Thesis Director
- The thesis director must be from the same or a similar discipline as the doctoral student. However, in the case of co-supervision, one of the supervisors may be from a different field if justified by the thesis subject.
- Supervision or co-supervision by a spouse, ascendant, descendant or close family member is not permitted; it is the responsibility of the thesis supervisor.
List of journals acceptable for doctoral theses
(in Sciences and LMD)
Any doctoral student wishing to defend a doctoral thesis must present an article published in a journal from one of the following lists, according to his or her field family:
1) "Science and Technology" domain family
- List of scientific journals in the Thomson Reuters database
- List of scientific journals in the Scopus database
- List of category B national scientific journals
2) "Humanities and Social Sciences" domain family
- List of category A scientific journals
- List of category B scientific journals
- List of category C scientific journals
All these journals are listed by ASJP or DGRSDT
As stipulated by Decree 547 of 02/06/2016, in addition to the article required in points 1) and 2), the doctoral student in the LMD system, enrolled as of the 2016/2017 academic year
- Must, if necessary, complete his file with a production enabling him to obtain, as a minimum, the 50 points required in appendix N°2 of this order.
- May submit a PCT (WIPO) patent which will be counted as an article in a category A journal
- May be awarded 25 points by submitting a 1NAPI patent.
Important! When submitting an article, authors must ensure that neither the journal nor the publisher is predatory (even if they are listed in the Thomson Reuters or Scopus databases).
- Paid magazines whose payment is a criterion for acceptance of the article are not accepted.
- Magazines that require payment for certain charges, such as those required for figures to appear in color, are tolerated.
- Journals offering the choice of publishing with the "Open Access" option and requiring payment of charges, or publishing free of charge and reserving access to the article strictly for subscribers, are accepted.
The article submitted for the defense
- Articles selected from conference proceedings published in special issues of periodicals are not accepted unless they have undergone the usual evaluation procedure by the reviewers, after presentation of the paper. In this case, documentary evidence must be provided.
- The article must be directly related to the thesis topic.
- The name of the thesis director may be omitted from the article. In this case, the thesis director must justify his or her decision in writing.
- The doctoral student's name must appear in the first position, except for journals that use alphabetical order of authors. In this case, written proof must be provided.
- In the case of an article published by several co-authors, including PhD students, this article can only be used for the defense of a single thesis.
- For items that do not bear the submission date, the candidate must include a receipt indicating the date of submission.
- Articles classified as "Short Communication", "Brief Paper", "Letter to Editer", "Review Paper", etc., are not accepted. Only authors of "Research" articles are eligible for the defense.
- Once the article has been accepted, the doctoral student who has finalized his or her thesis work may submit his or her defense file by presenting an official letter of acceptance or by forwarding the acceptance e-mail to the Vice Dean in charge of post-graduation.
However, the defense authorization will only be issued once the article is visible on the journal's website.
- Doctoral students in the LMD system, enrolled from 2016/2017 onwards, are entitled to a patent, in accordance with the regulations.
The defense
General conditions for the defense of a doctoral thesis
1) The defense of a doctoral thesis takes place on university premises.
2) Defenses are not permitted on public holidays or during vacation periods.
3) The date of the defense is set after the decision to defend has been made.
4) For reasons of academic ethics, the presence on a jury of a member with a family link to the candidate is not permitted.
Examining panel, examination procedure
5) The public is informed of the defense at least three working days before the date of the defense.
6) After receiving the decision to defend, the president of the jury, in consultation with the other members, sets the date for the defense.
7) The jury for the defense of a doctoral thesis is composed of 4 to 6 members, including any members participating by videoconference. Guest members are not counted. The defense can only take place with the participation of 4 members, at least 3 of whom must be present in person. The use of videoconferencing is not subject to prior authorization.
8) To guarantee the presence of at least two examiners, the jury for a doctoral thesis directed by a director and a co-director must be made up of 5 to 6 members.
9) The jury for a LMD doctoral thesis includes 1 or 2 members from outside the institution, even if their participation is by videoconference. The participation of at least one member is essential, even if their participation is by videoconference.
10) At least half and at most two-thirds of the members of the jury for a doctoral dissertation in science must be from outside the institution, even if their participation is by videoconference. The participation of at least two members is essential, even if their participation is by videoconference.
11) During the defense of a doctoral thesis, the presence of the thesis director and the president is mandatory.
- In the event of the death of the thesis director, after he or she has submitted the defense report, the defense will be held posthumously.
- In the event of withdrawal, retirement, dismissal, redundancy or long-term sick leave, a new director will be proposed and approved by the scientific bodies.
12) In the event of the absence of a member of the jury, written proof must be provided that the absent member has been informed in advance of the defense.
13) The jury for a doctoral thesis prepared under joint supervision must be set up in accordance with the terms and provisions of the joint supervision agreement. Video-conferencing, if used, does not require prior authorization. In this case, the minutes can be sent by e-mail to the members who took part in the videoconference, who, after signing the minutes, return them as an attachment to the Vice-Rector's e-mail address: vrpgrs@ummto.dz
14) The carefully filled-in defense report must include comments on the oral presentation, the manuscript, the theme developed, mastery of the subject, answers to questions, etc...
15) The Chairman of the Jury completes only one copy of the Procès-Verbal de soutenance, which is forwarded to the Vice-Rectorat. The Faculty is responsible for making the copies it wishes to archive and for giving one copy to the student. The latter may ask the administration (Faculty or Vice Rectorate) to wet-stamp the copies.
Affiliation
Scientific work produced by the doctoral student as part of his or her doctoral thesis is the rightful property of the institution in which he or she is registered.
In order to avoid any loss of visibility and to improve our university's ranking, the wording of the affiliation, which must be applied to all the scientific output of the research professors and doctoral students enrolled at UMMTO, must be standardized. The proposed wording is as follows:
- Teachers-researchers and doctoral students affiliated with research laboratories:
- Authors
- Name of research laboratory
- Name of faculty
- Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou, 15000 Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria (or Algeria)
Example: Author 1, Author 2 and Author 3
- Operations Research and Decision Mathematics Laboratory
- Faculty of Science
- Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou, 15000 Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria (or Algeria)
- Teachers-researchers and doctoral students not affiliated with research laboratories:
- Authors
- Department name
- Name of faculty
- Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou, 15000 Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria (or Algeria)
Example: Author 1 and Author 2
- Department of Amazigh Language and Culture
- Faculty of Letters and Languages
- Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou, 15000 Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria (or Algeria)
- The affiliation address must be written according to the magazine's requirements.
- Dual affiliation is permitted when justified (teacher from another institution enrolled at UMMTO, doctoral student who has spent time in a foreign laboratory, etc....).
Transition period
The above conditions apply to all articles submitted after the date of publication of this document. For articles submitted before this date, the usual criteria remain in force.
